Real Estate & Property Law

What are Words Worth? Commercial Lease Option to Renew
Recently I have been presented with clients dealing with options to renew a commercial lease...

Q & A; Is the Apartment Rent Stabilized, or Not?
Should a tenant sign a lease that requests a higher rent than would be allowed under stabilization laws?

Starting a new business...
With the job market shrinking, a lot of people are starting new businesses, and when doing that they sometimes enter a lease based on what the agent leasing the retail space tells them...

LANDLORD TENANT
I post today for all you Landlords out there. I encourage all of you to contact a lawyer and make sure when you have a new tenant that you follow the procedures under Michigan's Deposit Recovery Act...

A Lease of Your Own: Renting a Room in Someone?s Oregon Home
Welcoming a renter into your home is a serious matter, whether that person is a friend, family member, or stranger...

Preparing for a Tenant's Bankruptcy - the Landlord's Perspective
by J. Eric Lockridge In today's distressed retail market, the possibility of a tenant's bankruptcy is a top concern for managers and owners of retail centers...

Landlord Tenant Laws and Provisions
State and City Laws Related to Residential House and Apartment Leases

Pre-paid Leagal Services
What are Prepaid Legal Benefit Plans

Landlord Entry Right and Tenant Privacy
When can a landlord enter a rented dwelling

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

House Closing
Sealing a home sale

Legal Forms
Business and Commercial Legal Forms

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

How do you recover money from a stop payment placed on a personal check given to you?
you can always take them to small claims court and sure them for 3 times the amo...

Does a lawyer have the right to ask what your religion is when it has nothing to do with the situation?
In divorce issues and the children's well being religion doesn't matte...

My exwife got a judgement aganst me. years latter i remarried and bought a home i told my new wife that I was not sure about owning real property so soon . our realtor told us I could file a quick claim deed. i sign it t
A quick claim deed has "No warranties" to anything. Your real estate a...

Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...

Rent Controlled Apartments
Landlord to pay $10 million settlement after forcing out low income tenants and then selling the buildings for a profit.

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

Tarceva
Safety Data Show Association with Liver Failure and Death

False Claims
Attorney Robert Arledge ordered to pay $5.8 million after making false Fen Phen settlement claims.

Viviendas, Inquilinos y Dueños
legal issues.

Security One
accused of selling faulty alarms